Western Homelands No Longer Surely Safe in Future War: NATO Commander

In a serious near-peer conflict, Western countries can’t count on their homelands remaining safe while their militaries fight overseas, a top NATO commander told Business Insider. Air threats are more numerous and can reach much farther than when the West last fought a major war against a similarly capable adversary, Sir John Stringer, NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, told Business Insider. Beyond traditional aircraft threats, powerful missiles and cheap long-range drones can now threaten places that once would have been considered safely in the rear. The West had at least 20 years of fighting counter-insurgency campaigns, Stringer said. For…